ouguiya

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
13
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/uːˈɡiːjə/

Definition of ouguiya

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. The currency of Mauritania, divided into five khoums.

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Etymology

Borrowed from French ouguiya, from Arabic أُوقِيَّة (ʔūqiyya), via Classical Syriac and Ancient Greek from Latin uncia (“ounce”). Doublet of ounce, inch, uncia, oka, and awqiyyah.

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